Rotciv: La mia Berlin

Brazil and Germany: 10000 Km far. There is an artist who moved in Berlin three years ago for music leaving his beloved Brazil. Today he runs his own label “Mister Mistery”, he has played in the most famous german clubs as Panorama Bar and Robert Johnson and he works with his italian friend Massimiliano for their musical project “The Rimshooters”. He says “In Berlin we find a lot of diversity for all tastes!”. We love Berlin and we can’t wait to tell you his story: Rotciv, here for Musicbaum.

About your life in Brazil: what does Brazil have that you are not able to find in the other countries? Has your family given support to you?

For sure the weather, the beaches, the Nature and the peculiar humor of the Brazilians, of course. My family has always supported me since 1996, when they gave me for my birthday a pair of Technics turntables as a present.

Wilden Renate, Robert Johnson and Panorama Bar: give us something unique (with one word) for each of these club.

Renate: Wild , Robert Johnson: Cosy, Panorama: Hedonism

Can you tell us your first time at Panorama Bar as DJ?

The first time was on Friday, to celebrate Manhooker’s record release party on Unterton (Ostgut Ton’s Sublabel), which I have made some remixes. I played during the late night-morning transition and it was perfect to play some heavyweight modern house and my usual mixture of oldschool, proto-house and forgotten deep tracks from the 80s and 90s more towards the end.

https://soundcloud.com/rotciv/rotciv-brutti-ma-buoni-rainbow

Tell us about your project together with the italian artist Massimiliano Pagliara: what is “The Rimshooters”?

The Rimshooters were born back in 2010, when I moved to Berlin heavily supported by Massimiliano. We shared many common tastes but different backgrounds and experiences, as Massi was coming exclusively from a hardware/analog based production method and I, specially at that time, was playing a lot with samples and edits, and the project was exactly a mixture of these similarities (the vintage synths sounds, the roland drum machines and a lot of Rimshots as well) and the new experiences for both of us.
We released some EPs on labels like Skylax (FR), Slow Motion (IT) and the latest one on Jackoff Records (GER) which are on the shops right now! The next release is a remix of a Nu Groove label lost tapes track, originally by one of the Burrell brothers and will get a release on January 2014.

What is the best country that you prefer to play? and what is that one that you would like to live?

I think for both questions I would answer Berlin. Here we find a lot of diversity in the nightlife, with different clubs and parties for all tastes!
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